The New York Mets were off to a promising start last week, as they won Sunday’s game against the San Diego Padres 4-3, splitting the four game set. The Mets would take two of four games against their 2015 NLDS opponent the Los Angeles Dodgers, but were swept at the hands of the Colorado Rockies, and outscored 16-9 in that three game series. The Mets would have a record of 3-4 from Sunday the 8th...
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Carlos Beltran joined some rare company on Sunday afternoon, as his sixth inning two-run home run was also the 400th homer of his potential Hall of Fame career. Beltran, 39, joins a short list of switch-hitters who have 400 home runs in their career. Hall of Famers Eddie Murray, Mickey Mantle, and eventual inductee Chipper Jones are the only other switch-hitters to have accomplished the feat. He...
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Manager Terry Collins made a very interesting comment about how he’ll use potential pinch-hitters in late game situations. No it wasn’t about Eric Campbell or Alejandro De Aza, the talk was about using one of his starting pitchers in such a role late in the game. Collins noted that there had been roughly five instances this season where Mets’ starting pitchers have been in the...
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UPDATE: MAY 14 After initial reports that Colorado Rockies and ex-Met shortstop Jose Reyes would be handed down a 60-game suspension, Major League Baseball announced on Friday that Reyes would be suspended until May 31st, which would amount to the first 51 games of the season. Reyes, 32, agreed to the punishment and will serve the remaining games unpaid. Since the suspension is retroactive to...
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Watching Stephen Strasburg pitch on Monday night, part of the Monday Night Baseball telecast on ESPN, he wasn’t as sharp against the Detroit Tigers as he had been against his previous two opponents, the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals. But to quote rapper Jay Z, Strasburg has “99 problems” but a new contract ain’t one. The news of Strasburg’s brand...
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